Bulinus globosus
Bulinus globosus | |
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apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Bulinus |
Species: | B. globosus
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Binomial name | |
Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Physa globosus Morelet, 1866 |
Bulinus globosus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
Parasites[]
Bulinus globosus is an of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b Appleton C., Curtis B., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus globosus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
- ^ Sène, M; Southgate, VR; Vercruysse, J (February 2004). "Bulinus truncatus, intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Senegal River Basin (SRB)". Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique. 97 (1): 29–32. PMID 15104154.
- ^ Marti, HP; Tanner, M; Degrémont, AA; Freyvogel, TA (June 1985). "Studies on the ecology of Bulinus globosus, the intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Ifakara area, Tanzania". Acta Tropica. 42 (2): 171–87. PMID 2862780.
Further reading[]
- Cridland, C. C. (1967). "Resistance of Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus, Bulinus (Ph.) africanus, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis to experimental desiccation". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 36 (3): 507–513. PMC 2476301. PMID 5299680.
External links[]
Media related to Bulinus globosus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Bulinus
- Gastropods described in 1866
- Planorbidae stubs